modicum Posted April 7, 2010 Report Share Posted April 7, 2010 When Flash CS 5 comes out could the Adode Packager for iPhone be used to port BBO to the iPad? That would make me much more interested in picking up an iPad. Thanks as always for the great product. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fred Posted April 7, 2010 Report Share Posted April 7, 2010 In principle it *might* be possible, but I suspect it would be a lot of work for us to get it to work. I don't think you should factor in the hope/expectation that you will be able to use the BBO web-client into your decision as to whether or not to buy an iPad. I do think that there will eventually be a way to play on BBO through the iPad (or just about any other device that can run a proper web-browser) that will not depend on Flash. But I really can't predict how long "eventually" means in this context. Neither "a few months" nor "a few years" would shock me. Probably it is already possible to kibitz BBO tables through the iPad (in the same way that this is possible on the iPhone - www.bridgebase.com/mobile). Fred GitelmanBridge Base Inc.www.bridgebase.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerben42 Posted May 5, 2010 Report Share Posted May 5, 2010 If I might add a suggestion? Any chance to have bidedit for iPhone / iPad? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JanM Posted May 5, 2010 Report Share Posted May 5, 2010 Probably it is already possible to kibitz BBO tables through the iPad (in the same way that this is possible on the iPhone - www.bridgebase.com/mobile).It definitely is - that's what I did for a few minutes when I happened to be in a store that had iPads on display. The screen size was great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerben42 Posted May 5, 2010 Report Share Posted May 5, 2010 Still, I'm not sure if I really want an iPad :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlynn Posted May 14, 2010 Report Share Posted May 14, 2010 As a BBO fan and iPad fan, I sure hope to encourage the programers to make it work on the iPad...this is a very nice unit to travel with, better than Kindle and laptop, the only thing missing is BBO! Please help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aventuress Posted August 9, 2010 Report Share Posted August 9, 2010 PLEASE make BBO available for the IPAD. It would be great for bridge while we travel. I promise to play more pay tournaments if you can expedite our request.We would even send a check to you to help defray the costs. The ipad is easy to see for older folks and BBO at large is what we would desire. Thanks, gail and Bill Zanger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fred Posted August 9, 2010 Report Share Posted August 9, 2010 PLEASE make BBO available for the IPAD. It would be great for bridge while we travel. I promise to play more pay tournaments if you can expedite our request.We would even send a check to you to help defray the costs. The ipad is easy to see for older folks and BBO at large is what we would desire. Thanks, gail and Bill Zanger I can't make any promises or any guesses as to when, but I suspect there will eventually be a solution for you and other iPad users. I agree that iPads are nice machines that are well-suited to online bridge play. Thanks for your patience. Fred GitelmanBridge Base Inc.www.bridgebase.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inquiry Posted August 9, 2010 Report Share Posted August 9, 2010 Apple should pay bbo to make this happen for ipad, as I can see me and bill gates buying an ipad to play on bbo if it happened... :) (only way I would buy one is if I could play on bbo with it).... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echognome Posted August 9, 2010 Report Share Posted August 9, 2010 Apple should pay bbo to make this happen for ipad, as I can see me and bill gates buying an ipad to play on bbo if it happened... :) (only way I would buy one is if I could play on bbo with it).... I cannot imagine Bill Gates ever buying an ipad, an iphone, an ipod, or any other apple product. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimG Posted August 9, 2010 Report Share Posted August 9, 2010 Apple should pay bbo to make this happen for ipad, as I can see me and bill gates buying an ipad to play on bbo if it happened... :) (only way I would buy one is if I could play on bbo with it).... I cannot imagine Bill Gates ever buying an ipad, an iphone, an ipod, or any other apple product. I once saw an interview in which he said his wife and kids all wanted iPhones, but that there was a family rule against owning any Apple products that they were just going to have to honor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSGibson Posted August 10, 2010 Report Share Posted August 10, 2010 Apple should pay bbo to make this happen for ipad, as I can see me and bill gates buying an ipad to play on bbo if it happened... :D (only way I would buy one is if I could play on bbo with it).... I cannot imagine Bill Gates ever buying an ipad, an iphone, an ipod, or any other apple product. I once saw an interview in which he said his wife and kids all wanted iPhones, but that there was a family rule against owning any Apple products that they were just going to have to honor. Bill: "Zunes for Christmas, kids!"Gates kids: "awww" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inquiry Posted August 10, 2010 Report Share Posted August 10, 2010 I keep waiting for someone to jailbreak the ipad and load flash to it (the one for android phones perhaps) and see if it runs V2 (flash version) well enough to make buying an ipad seem reasonable.... yes, yes... no doubt jailbreaking an ipad voids warrenty, etc.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickf Posted August 10, 2010 Report Share Posted August 10, 2010 yes but when you re-set to factory settings you undo the jailbreak. nickfsydney Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cascade Posted August 10, 2010 Report Share Posted August 10, 2010 Apple should pay bbo to make this happen for ipad, as I can see me and bill gates buying an ipad to play on bbo if it happened... :rolleyes: (only way I would buy one is if I could play on bbo with it).... I cannot imagine Bill Gates ever buying an ipad, an iphone, an ipod, or any other apple product. I didn't realize the recession had hit him that hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennis708 Posted August 29, 2010 Report Share Posted August 29, 2010 Apple should pay bbo to make this happen for ipad, as I can see me and bill gates buying an ipad to play on bbo if it happened... :ph34r: (only way I would buy one is if I could play on bbo with it).... I cannot imagine Bill Gates ever buying an ipad, an iphone, an ipod, or any other apple product. I once saw an interview in which he said his wife and kids all wanted iPhones, but that there was a family rule against owning any Apple products that they were just going to have to honor. Bill: "Zunes for Christmas, kids!"Gates kids: "awww" Then things have changed in the past decade for Gates, because he did an awful lot of demos in the 90s on Macs and Microsoft makes a lot of money off their Mac applications. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennis708 Posted August 29, 2010 Report Share Posted August 29, 2010 Fred, I haven't looked into the mechanics deeply enough to be certain, but the Safari running on the iPad is targeted by Dashcode as the desktop version and not the mobile version. That is probably a factor of the screensize, but it's possible that it is a "proper Web browser" and Apple has just disabled the support for plug-ins such as Flash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inquiry Posted August 31, 2010 Report Share Posted August 31, 2010 On Thursday, the samsung ipad similiar product is being introduced in Berlin. It will come in a 7 inch and 10 inch version, ony has G3 I hear, but runs android and comes standard with FLASH. If anyone is going to be there (like I said, Berlin), see if they will try BBO's Flash version on it. the screen should be big enough to work nicely. I got no idea if the product will be good or not, but some features (earphone plug, correct screen size for video, usb port for external storage) are attractive. G3 seems a little dated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awestin Posted November 24, 2010 Report Share Posted November 24, 2010 I'm no expert on mobile app development but it seems like a first pass [sic] might be enabling a way to simply play some hands. The BBO system is an excellent and robust interface (thanks to Fred and other developers!), and Flash is a great interface builder, but it is not the only way to present cards and execute animations. I'm wondering whether a trimmed down version that just allowed people to play some hands (even if limited to only playing other iPhone/iPad users) would make many of us very happy. Is there a specification for how information is transmitted to and from BBO servers? ♠ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmashraf Posted November 25, 2010 Report Share Posted November 25, 2010 Another option could be to have an App in the App Store to play Bridge online with other players. You can even charge decent amount for the App and people will be willing to pay for it. When I got my dad an iPad, he was keen to play Bridge online. Since BBO didn't work, I paid $20 to buy "Bridge Island" App only to find that there are not many players online available to play. I would be willing to pay another $20 or more if BBO is in App Store. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted November 29, 2010 Report Share Posted November 29, 2010 Writing a new app from scratch is a lot of work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iggygork Posted November 29, 2010 Report Share Posted November 29, 2010 If all you'd like to do is kibitz, CloudBrowse is an option as well, it renders the BBO Flash interface reasonably well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diana_eva Posted November 30, 2010 Report Share Posted November 30, 2010 If all you'd like to do is kibitz, CloudBrowse is an option as well, it renders the BBO Flash interface reasonably well. To watch Vugraph and Interesting tables, you can use this link: http://www.bridgebase.com/mobile/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmh4golf Posted January 9, 2011 Report Share Posted January 9, 2011 Please work with Apple to get BBO to work on the iPad. I love to play bridge online, and the iPad is a wonderful size for travel. I could leave my laptop at home if I could play BBO on the iPad. A BBP App would be awesome. Thanks for considering it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sallyla Posted January 29, 2011 Report Share Posted January 29, 2011 You can play bridgebase on the ipad by using the ipad app from alwayson pc. It is expensive $25 but it works. For a link to see it in action, go to: http://blog.alwayson...from-your-ipad/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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